Typical black and white blend

A more balanced black & white blend

A jelly roll will look unbalanced unless you modify the Skinner blend first, by removing some of the inner color and adding extra of the outer color. In the picture below, the left roll was made from the Skinner blend immediately above. The right roll was made by taking an identical blend, cutting off half the white, and adding on a generous amount of black.

Beth's version of a "french fry" blend.
Instead of pre-mixing the colors for each strip just set one color below the other in the proportions you want (like blue & yellow for a green strip) and start blending.

Finished "French Fry" Blend

If you want more blending between colors, offset the stripes a bit when you fold the sheet before running it through the pasta machine, instead of matching the stripes precisely.

Painted Clay Blend.
TIP: Yellow will disappear in a blend so make the yellow area a bit
wider than the other colors.

Beth painted a piece of white clay with the paint brand pictured below. This paint was purchased at a woodworking store on Hilliard Cemetery Road

Make sure the paint is dry before blending. Below is the finished blend.

This paint dries best if applied in thin layers so if you want more intense colors, either paint the clay with multiple layers of paint, allowing the paint to dry between each layer, or roll your base clay out at #6, cut several identical rectangles, paint each one, allow to dry, and stack them before blending.